Maria Wojtak, full professor in the Institute of Polish Philology at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. Scholarly interests: (theoretical, practical and historical) stylistics, the history of language, the culture of language, textology, genology, press studies. The author of many articles and dissertations concerning the theory of style, the development of stylistic variants of the Polish language and their history, including in particular artistic, official, scholarly and religious style, the notion of genre, the genre-text relation, the
characterization of selected genres, such as journalistic genres, prayers, sermons and pastoral letters, as well as other forms of religious texts, official genres, non-literary texts, discourses, issues related to linguistic etiquette (in a diachronic and synchronic perspective), the notion of communicative skills and errors. The most important publications: O języku i stylu Wesela Stanisława Wyspiańskiego [On the Language and Style of Stanisław Wyspiański’s The Wedding], 1988; Dialog w komedii polskiej na przykładzie wybranych utworów z XVII i XVII
wieku [Dialogue in Polish Comedies on the Basis of Selected Works from the 17th and 18th Century], 1993; Gatunki prasowe [Journalistic Genres], 2004; Analiza gatunków prasowych . Podręcznik dla studentów dziennikarstwa i kierunków pokrewnych [An Analysis of Journalistic Genres. A Handbook for Students of Journalism and Related Fields], 2008; Głosy z teraźniejszości. O języku współczesnej polskiej prasy [Voices of
the Present. On the Language of Contemporary Polish Press], 2010; Współczesne modlitewniki w oczach językoznawcy. Studium genologiczne [Contemporary Prayer Books in the Eyes of a Linguist. A Genological Study], 2011. She is a member of numerous scholarly and scientific institutions, e.g. the Central Commission for Academic Titles and Degrees; the Committee on Linguistics of the Polish Academy of Sciences.